This story was originally published in the Bowling Green Daily News.

The League of Women Voters of Kentucky has opened a local chapter in southcentral Kentucky.

Ida B. Wells was an iconic civil rights activist who dedicated her life to the fight for racial justice and women's rights. She was born July 16, 1862 in Holly Springs, Mississippi and attended Rust College and Fisk University, where she became a teacher after graduating. In 1889, she became one of the founding members of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and was an active participant in the suffrage movement.

A concerted global effort is needed to fight climate change, yet global commitments to reduce carbon emissions are inadequate and slow.

Local, regional, and state efforts are needed to step up the pace. Local governments have an important responsibility to move our communities in the right direction. And that requires a plan.

In a victory for South Dakotans, a law that places a 30-day residency requirement for ballot initiative petition circulators has been permanently enjoined by a federal court.